Bradley Marianno

Faculty Director, Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment
Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Higher Education
Expertise: Teachers Unions, Educational Policy, Teacher Strikes, Collective Bargaining

Biography

Bradley Marianno is a nationally recognized authority on the consequences of local and state education policy change. He is often called upon to discuss state and federal teacher labor policy, teachers unions and collective bargaining, and the micro-politics of local school district decision making and policy implementation.

His research specialties include teacher strikes and the role of teachers’ unions in federal, state, and local politics.

He has been featured in numerous academic and professional journals and news outlets including Time Magazine, NBC Nightly News, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The 74, Che Seattle Times, Associated Press, Politico, and USA Today.

Education

  • Ph.D., Urban Education Policy, University of Southern California
  • M.S., Sociology, Brigham Young University
  • M.S., Economics, University of Southern California

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Bradley Marianno In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the United States Department of Education. What would such a change mean for Nevada public schools?
K.L.A.S. T.V. 8 News Now
Education is a major issue here in Clark County. Especially considering the school district ranks as one of the worst in the nation, but neither presidential candidate is making it a huge campaign issue. Education is the bedrock of a thriving society, but it is silent this presidential election cycle UNLV professor Bradley Marianno said.
EducationWeek
The nation’s largest teachers’ union has come to a tentative contract agreement with its own staff after locking them out without pay for more than a month, an extraordinary move that complicated its run-up to the 2024 election cycle.
Las Vegas Review Journal
The negotiated agreement, approved by an arbitrator, was announced Wednesday and came after a long period of negotiations and disputes between the teachers union and the school district.

Articles Featuring Bradley Marianno

Dancers with the U.N.L.V. Ewalu Club
Campus News | October 4, 2022

A collection of news stories highlighting research wins, expert insights, and academic achievement.

books inside the U.N.L.V. Bookstore
Campus News | February 10, 2022

A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and events at UNLV.

nurse administers shot to woman
Campus News | December 29, 2021

A collection of news stories from 2021 highlighting UNLV’s continuing response to COVID-19 and faculty experts who have helped make sense of the pandemic and its impact to daily life. 

A man stocking shelfs at the food pantry
Campus News | December 8, 2021

A collection of news stories featuring research and accomplishment at UNLV.